Kishori Vidya Vikas is a girl education program taken up by TeluguOne Foundation to help meritorious girl students from Govt Schools of rural areas, who are willing to study Intermediate but unable to pursue their studies even in a Govt Colleges due to lack of financial support.

Expenses :
In many poor families, whose annual income is around Rs.12,000/ -( $300) parents are unable to spend around 20% of theirearning on their girl child's higher education

Early Marriages :
Worried about the financial burden and following the socialcustom, parents prefer to transfer their responsibility to girls'husbands by getting their daughters married than sendingthem to Junior Colleges in Mandal and District Headquarters..

Child Labor
To meet their family expenses they are forcibly stoppingtheir studies after 10th class or Intermediate. There aremany intelligent girls dropping out from higher studies,because of their family's vocation or by becoming agriculturelaborers, beedi workers etc. Being aware of financialreasons and social adolescence issues parents are forcinggirls to stop studies at 8th or 9th class itself and taking themalong to work.

·        It costs nearly Rs. 2500 ($ 65) a Year, for a student studying in a Government Junior College
·        Transportation using Route Pass on APSTRC for 10 Months. Rs.1200/Year
·        Admission / Examination fee Rs.800/Year
·        Text books/Test Papers Rs.500/Year

This year the Foundation is planning to serve 3000 poor girl students from rural areas by inviting applications from all the needy, who wish to study further. The Foundation is also motivating them to support the applicants of successive years or by voluntarily announcing themselves ineligible for the aid, in case they are provided with any support by Govt or other organizations.